I rotated the tires on my girlfriends car (93 Corolla) yesterday, and when I got the right rear wheel cover off, I noticed the wheel was held on with only 3 lug nuts. The 4th had been sheared completely off, bolt and everything, by what I can only assume to be a jackass with an air wrench. I finished rotating the tires, made sure that wheel was especially tight, and it's fine, drives ok, no vibrations or shaking, but I don't like the fact that she's driving around with one wheel held on only 3/4 of the way. So here's my question: do I need to replace the whole damn wheel hub, or can I just get a new stud for the lug nut?
nope. remove the wheel, remove the brake drum, smack the broken lug with a hammer to knock it out of the hub, take it to parts store to make sure you get the right one. while there make sure to get 2 lug nuts. typically you'll destroy 1 in the process of installing the new lug. insert new lug into the hub, take 1 lugnut (and a really big washer if you can find one) and continue to tighten till the base is all the way through the hub. discard lugnut. install drum, install wheel, tighten all 4 nuts.
Yup, just the way Mafix said it. I had to replace like 5 of the studs on a sentra a couple summers ago, what a pita!
Alright cool, I can knock that out before the sun goes down after school. Maybe. How difficult is it to remove the brake drum? Does that also mean I have to bleed the brakes and all that good shit? This may have to wait till saturday.
I don't think you have to drain them, but to remove the drum, it should just have a single nut in the center, with a cotter pin, or a couple screws holding it to the hub. Depends on what year it is, I would think?
ya u shouldnt have to bleed anything unless u take the line from the wheel cylinder which u shouldnt have to do just leave it connected and make sure it doesnt hang by it
you only need 1 nut and disks i think you just remove the rotor, bang it out, use the method to sink it in, and put it all back together.
well he said he had 4 lugs so the rear is a drum setup. In that case pop the center cap and remove the large nut and cotter pin and the drum should pop right off.....minuswhale repack the bearing while you are in there too. To put the nut back on spin the wheel freely with your hand while tightening it with your other hand until the wheel stops spinning. Then back off a little bit and put a new cotter pin in
what, you dont have to pull out any large nut to remove the drum in the rear.. just like mafix said, unbolt the wheel, hit the drum and pull the drum off. hammer out the lug. insert in new lug. tighten. put on drum, put on wheel. tighten all lugs especially the one you changed. Ive done this several occasions on the front and rear.
remove wheel, remove caliper and caliper mounting bracket. take rotor off. hammer out old lugs insert in new lugs, replace everything you removed. put back on wheel and tighten.
nope never on any 4th gen. no nut or screws. these pics might help http://www.st162.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=811
I had a woman do this on my Camaro once. I can almost promise it involved a curb, not a monkey with an impact wrench. Smacking a curb will shear a stud faster than anything I can think of. As for replacing it, as has been said, just remove the drum (nothing holding it on once the wheel is off) and smack the old stud out. Put the new stud in and press it all the way in, using the lugnut method described. It is the same process for disc brakes, but you have to remove the caliper, bracket and rotor.
Its relatively easy... All of 4 bolts to remove to get at the stud... And word of warning if you're doing this on an alltrac you're gonna want 4 jack stands or some guts to do this the studs re surrounded by this crappy metal collar thats a major PITA to get off so its easier to lift the car up and just rotate the wheel. and on that note, unless you have no other option... dont barrow jack stands from your neighbor who does lifted trucks... LOL even on the lowest notch thats about 2 feet off the ground!
whoops. what the hell keeps the drum (and subsequently the wheel) on the assembly then? are the lugs not fit into the drum? I'm just going from every drum brake I've seen
The studs are fitted to the hub, the drum fits over the studs and brakes, just as the wheel does. The lugnuts are what keep the wheel and the drum in place.
Ok, still haven't gotten to the lug yet. I have another question, didn't feel like cluttering up the place with another thread. What is the width of stock 86 GT-S wheels? The tires on them now are 215/60R14's, which by my reckoning makes them nearly 8.5 inches wide. I believe stock tire size is 205/60R14, which is still about 8 inches. Are the wheels really that wide? Tire/wheel sizes have always puzzled me.